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When you do a stability test, do you boot using the floppy and let it run everything untouched or do you go (C)onfiguration and change stuffs around? As far as Memory Sizing option 2, do you let set at (1) BIOS - Std or do you change it? I tried changing to (2) BIOS - All and my screen fills up with errors immediately. I've tried it on option 1 and 3 without seeing my screen filled with errors, but each time I choose 2, my monitor fills with errors and my PC freezes. Not sure what option is for...any ideas?
 
On older chipsets you could change stuff on the fly, doesnt work with newer chipsets.

Leave it alone and change your settings in the bios and retest.
 
Can you just use plain ol' memtest86 v 1.70 on the newer chipsets. History this program talks about P965 chipsset, but nothing about newer Nvidia chipsets. I am buying 680i chipset and ddr2 ram for the first time and used the bootable floppy back in the i478 days with DDR1. I want to be able to test the new ram first thing to narrow down any potential problems. Thanks.
 
Memtest86+ doesn't do any good on mine. It can pass 9 hours of test, yet when it goes into Windows, reboots and crashes occur regularly, so I'm using Orthos' instead.
 
JCNiest5 said:
Memtest86+ doesn't do any good on mine. It can pass 9 hours of test, yet when it goes into Windows, reboots and crashes occur regularly, so I'm using Orthos' instead.
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That just points to something other than the memory being unstable. Chances are, if it passes memtest for any extended period of time, the memory is not your problem. Run Orthos and see if it comes up with errors. If you're overclocking you may want to disable that and see if that helps. If it does, it points to instability from some source other than the memory.
 
saan44 said:
That just points to something other than the memory being unstable. Chances are, if it passes memtest for any extended period of time, the memory is not your problem. Run Orthos and see if it comes up with errors. If you're overclocking you may want to disable that and see if that helps. If it does, it points to instability from some source other than the memory.
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Change to a different memory (my trusty G.Skill ZX) and it ran Orthos errorless for twelve straight hours, where it was impossible for the OCZ sticks. Howerver, it may not necessary mean these OCZ sticks are defected. It may just indicate that I didn't quite set the timing correctly for these OCZ modules, and I'm still still trying to tinker with them more, on a different board, that is.
 
saan44 said:
That just points to something other than the memory being unstable. Chances are, if it passes memtest for any extended period of time, the memory is not your problem.
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trust me when i say that memtest is a horrible memory stability test.
 
(cf)Eclipse said:
trust me when i say that memtest is a horrible memory stability test.
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What do you recommend instead? I'm not trying to come off as arrogant, I'm legitimately curious. I've used memtest for so long, I just didn't know there was anything else available.
 
I'm with saan44. What is recommended?

First, I want to make sure I did not buy bad ram modules. I think memtest 86 is good for that. It found one bad stick out of two which was giving me some problems.

Second, I mainly use P95 and OCCT for stabilty though.
 
I've wondered if memtest86 was as great as we all think. I ran tests for 3-4 hours and passed, but then when i run over night the sticks fall. It seems if the memory is bad it wouldn't take 6+ hrs to show.

But is there any other programs that test just memory, I've used it so long I believe it is the only one.
 
saan44 said:
What do you recommend instead? I'm not trying to come off as arrogant, I'm legitimately curious. I've used memtest for so long, I just didn't know there was anything else available.
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sorry, i was in a hurry before, so quick reply mode was on :p

i like to do the following before i'm sure it's stable
sp2004/orthos, blend test for >4 hours
superPI 32M a few times
windows memtest >2 hours per gb
then loop something like 3dmark03 for a while to catch anything that the above three miss ;)


but that assumes i know that the rest of the system is stable and the memory is the only variable in question

the programs:
http://sp2004.fre3.com/
http://hcidesign.com/memtest/
http://www.xtremesystems.com/pi/super_pi_mod-1.5.zip
http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark03/

:D
 
^^^ the exact same recipe i use when testing for long term stability. every kit is different and it never seems to be the same program to always fail so you will definitely want to run each and every one.
 
3oh6 said:
every kit is different and it never seems to be the same program to always fail so you will definitely want to run each and every one.
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exactly :D

i find that just 32M is enough for most things, but if it's something i really don't want any problems with, the full suite it is!
 
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